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chemotaxonomy

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chemotaxonomy

Method of biological classification based on similarities in the structure of certain compounds among the organisms being classified. Advocates argue that, because proteins are more closely controlled by genes and less subject to natural selection than are anatomical features, they are more reliable indicators of genetic relationships.


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Subspecies identification for isolates M26 and M53 was unsuccessful by rpoB or partial 16S rDNA sequencing, riboprinting, and chemotaxonomy (data not shown).
 
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